ROGER WATERS – THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING LP – Nr MINT A2/B1 UK 1984 PINK FLOYD

Roger Waters – The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
(Harvest Records   1984   SHVL2401051)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear to edges
Plain White Inner Sleeve

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Rick Wright, and guitarist, singer, and songwriter Syd Barrett. Waters initially served as the group’s bassist, but following the departure of Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, co-lead vocalist, and conceptual leader.

Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful groups in the history of popular music; by 2013, they had sold more than 250 million albums worldwide. Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute with the remaining members over their use of the band’s name and material. They settled out of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed with them again.

Waters’ solo work includes the studio albums The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Radio K.A.O.S., Amused to Death, and Is This the Life We Really Want?. In 1990, he staged one of the largest and most extravagant rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, with an official attendance of 200,000. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In the same year he released Ça Ira, an opera in three acts translated from Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gils’ libretto about the French Revolution. Later that year, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Mason, Wright and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event; it was the group’s first appearance with Waters since 1981. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tour of 2006–2008. In 2010, he began The Wall Live and in 2011 Gilmour and Mason appeared with him during a performance of the double-album in London. As of 2013, the tour is the highest-grossing of all time by a solo artist.

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a 1984 concept album and the first solo album by ex-Pink Floyd English musician Roger Waters. The album was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1995.

Track listing

Side one

All songs written and composed by Roger Waters^[7].

Side two

Personnel

• Roger Waters – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, tape effects, lead vocals
• Eric Clapton – lead guitar, backing vocals, Roland guitar synthesizer
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Andy Newmark – drums, percussion
• David Sanborn – saxophone
• Michael Kamen – piano
• Andy Bown – hammond organ, 12-string guitar
• Madeline Bell, Katie Kissoon, Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
• The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted and Arranged by Michael Kamen

Production

• Produced By Roger Waters & Michael Kamen
• Recorded & Engineered By Andy Jackson
• Assistant Engineer: Laura Boisan
• Mastered By Doug Sax & Mike Reese